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WILLIAM, >. 1818, d. 1894; invented the system of raised type for the blind, which goes under his name. Eduested for the ministry, he lost his sight in 1540, and at once began to study how to remedy his own and others’ misfortune. ‘The great merit of his inventions ia the simplicity of the letters, and the com par stive cheapne of production. [s. 217]